Rooks Keep overview

Overview

Rooks Keep comes from RuneStorm and is published by RuneStorm. It arrived on Steam on Dec 5, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, and LAN Co-op. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Rooks Keep's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 14:46:54 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 68% positive across 95 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Rooks Keep is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Rooks Keep has sold up to 17,352 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $144,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Rooks Keep overview details

Rooks Keep combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Deathmatch. AI & Multiplayer. Chess. Decapitation. Descend into a brutal tournament where factions of sinister knights and grotesque beasts battle for domination in bloody arena matches and furious melee brawls. Crush opponents with hammers and shields, rend flesh with razor sharp claws and slice off heads with swords and axes. In Rooks Keep, players will maim their competitors in both a selection of deathmatch-arena game-modes such as 'Deathmatch', 'Team-Deathmatch', 'Conversion', 'Chess', 'Last-Man-Standing' and 'Combat Chess'. Play solo, jump into multiplayer matches, or add AI opponents to squash under-foot in both single and multiplayer. We even support 3rd party Chess engines. The game is set in a uniquely styled fantasy world, where factions battle ceaselessly for your entertainment. Key Features Arena gameplay Players will enter into a variety of game-modes, such as Deathmatch, Last-Man-Standing and Conversion(kill enemies to convert them to your team), and battle across a variety of maps with many available options and mutators. Melee combat The focus of Rooks Keep is on the fantasy melee combat system, featuring quick and heavy attacks, parrying, blocking, dodging and special abilities and skills. Chess Players can play in both Classic Chess and the unusual Combat Chess mode, where players have the opportunity to fight to retain their place on the board if attacked. AI/LAN/Online Rooks Keep presents players with single-player solely against AI bots, LAN and online. Also supported are 3rd party Chess engines. Even hot-seat Chess is available. Unreal & mod supp…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Rooks Keep is listed as a game with $7.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, and LAN Co-op, and is associated with Action, Indie, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 14:46:54 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 68% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionIndieStrategyGoreViolentChessMultiplayer

Content descriptors

Game is a violent medieval fighting game with minimal realism in its violence and gore, but includes frequent scenes of excessive(albeit simplistic) gore and violence; Exploding bodies, beheading, dismemberment, blood sprays, blood pools, cutting, stabbing, etc. Features occasional crude language and cursing, and occasional reference to death, death threats, threats of violence, and so on.

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Support and legal notes

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